MTPE: Are translators becoming proofreaders? Machines are changing — if not replacing — more and more jobs every day, and translators are among those being affected the most. Machine translation has improved considerably over the years and is used by many people and...
Machine Translation Post-Editing: What is it, and is it worth it? Technology changes our world every day, and some industries are affected more than others: old familiar jobs disappear, new jobs emerge; people have to adapt, and some even end up changing...
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The Arabic chat alphabet, also known as Arabizi and Arabish, enables Arabic-speakers to send messages using a roman keyboard. Arabish developed in the 1990s, when Arabic-text keyboards and software were (even) less widespread than they are today. Young people are the...
What is Arabic? Arabic is an interesting word. It is used very freely in the English speaking world (as a noun) to denote the language spoken by people from Somalia to Iraq. However very little recognition given to the fact that, as a language, it is extremely prone...
What are the goals or objectives of a translation? Before starting any translation, it’s important to define your objectives — some questions you should consider are: Who is the intended audience of your document? Is it an internal memo or external advertising...
Integrated Desktop Publishing (DTP) and Translation The 'classical' approach to translation often involves a huge amount of email traffic — the curse of the modern office! A typical workflow might begin with the original author sending the text to the co-ordinator....
What is Chinese? When we say China, we are usually referring to the People's Republic of China (PRC). A country in East Asia with a population of about 1.5 billion, that is, one third of the world’s population, with an area of some 10 million square kilometres, that...
The advantages of working with a Translation Memory (TM) cannot be overstated. Although a Translation Memory is useful for just about any type of non-literary translation, they tend to work best with texts which are to some degree repetitive, such as manuals or legal...
Nowadays, with the spread of webinars, Zoom meetings, and online conferences, transcription services are getting more and more popular. Transcribing a recording allows you to have easier access to it in the form of a text, which can be useful for future work,...